A maggot is a small, soft, pale creature, like a tiny worm. It is the young form of a fly.

A maggot一隻蛆 is a small, soft, pale creature是一種小小軟軟、顏色淡的生物 like a tiny worm像一條迷你的蟲 It is它是 the young form of a fly蒼蠅的幼年階段

Maggots live in rotting food, dead animals, or dirt, and later they change into flies.

Maggots蛆 live in rotting food, dead animals, or dirt住在腐爛的食物、死掉的動物或髒土裡 and later they change into flies之後會變成蒼蠅

People find them ugly, so the word feels strong. Fishermen sometimes keep them as bait, and doctors have even used clean maggots to eat dead skin in a wound — though actually that is careful hospital work, not something you do at home.

People find them ugly大家覺得牠們很噁心 so the word feels strong所以這個字給人感覺很重 Fishermen sometimes keep them as bait釣客有時會拿牠們當魚餌 and doctors have even used clean maggots to eat dead skin in a wound醫生甚至用過乾淨的蛆清除傷口裡的壞死組織 though actually that is careful hospital work不過那是醫院裡講究的專業處理 not something you do at home不是在家自己能做的事

In very old or literary English, maggot could also mean a strange little idea in someone’s head, from an old folk belief that a fussy person had maggots in the brain. Learners will almost always meet the insect sense.

In very old or literary English在很古老或文學性的英文裡 maggot could also mean a strange little idea in someone's head maggot 也可能指某人腦中一個古怪的小念頭 from an old folk belief that a fussy person had maggots in the brain這來自一個古老的民俗說法：愛挑剔的人腦子裡長了蛆 Learners will almost always meet the insect sense學習者幾乎都只會遇到昆蟲這個意思